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Alex Cosper
1962: born Aug. 4 in Sacramento, CA 1974: begins listening to Sacramento radio stations, begins writing songs 1976: learns to play guitar 1978: hears all Beatles weekend on Earth Radio and becomes Beatle fan 1980: takes on-air radio course at Rio Americano High School, working with future TV actress Jane Sibbet 1980: enrolls in American River College 1980: begins work as a mobile DJ 1981: begins working in roller rinks as a DJ 1982: enrolls in California State University, Sacramento 1984: enters KWOD FM as intern, gets weekend air-shift within 6 months 1984: graduates from CSUS with B.A. in Communications 1988: becomes Music Director/10p-2a Air Personality at KWOD 1989: records song "Waves On The West Coast," a top 3 requested song on KWOD 1991: named Program Director/10a-2p Air Personality at KWOD 1992: forms the Beat Villains featuring David Conley on keyboards and Ron Givens on drums 1993: unique alternative programming at KWOD sparks a ratings turnaround toward Sacramento market dominance 1995: leads KWOD to its highest ratings ever as an alternative station, named "Broadcaster of the Week" in Billboard (12/9 issue) 1996: Beat Villains play frequently in Sacramento featuring drummer Jimmy Brasier 1997: begins writing for radio industry trade magazine VirtuallyAlternative, a division of Album Network 1997: moves to Milwaukee, WI to be Operations Manager/9a-12n Air Personality at WLUM 1998: returns to Sacramento, volunteers at PBS-TV station KVIE, hosts events at SF Hilton 1999: forms Sacramento's first 24 hour streaming internet radio station, SacLive 2000: moves to the SF Bay Area, writes WHFS Tribute for VirtuallyAlternative 2002: launches alternative music website MtAltra 2003: launches music project Tangent Sunset 2004: writes The Legend of KZAP and The Rise of Alternative Radio 2004: hired for on-air work at "Energy 92.7" (KNGY) in San Francisco 2006: moves to Palm Springs area to program 97.7 KRCK and host midday show 2007: creates Playlist Research in April in San Diego and returns to Sacramento in May 2008: learns about solar and rewrites content for Solarroofs.com 2009: expands online writing to over 100 informative online articles for various websites 2010: writes online book Indie Revelations 2011: Tangent Sunset remains top 10 for over a year on Sacramento alternative chart at ReverbNation.com 2011: lauches new video site for Sacramento residents and visitors at SacTV.com 2012: begins writing weekly articles for SacPress.com 2014: relocates to San Diego again 2016: launches new site NuPopCulture.com 2017: begins series of cartoon art for a new site Illoogle.com 2019: launches radio/music podcast Social Music Talk |
News Stories: 12/08/11 Sacramento Press 12/06/11 All Access 02/22/11 Alex Cosper on KXTV/Sacramento |